 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit) - 1854 - 572 pages
...the statute, but in quite a different connection, and, as I think, with just the opposite meaning. " The court or judge, before whom such indictment or information shall be tried, shall, according to their or his discretion, give their or his opinion and directions to the jury,... | |
 | Edmund Hatch Bennett, Franklin Fiske Heard - 1857 - 642 pages
...the statute, but in quite a different connection, and, as I think, with just the opposite meaning. ' The court or judge, before whom such indictment or information shall be tried, shall, according to their or his discretion, give their or his opinion and directions to the jury,... | |
 | South Australia - 1876 - 404 pages
...guilty, the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue, and shall not be required or directed by the Court or Judge before whom such information shall be tried to find the defendant guilty merely on proof of the publication by such... | |
 | David Rowland - 1859 - 606 pages
...required or directed by the judge to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the same in the indictment or information. " But on every such trial the judge should, according to his discretion,... | |
 | Ontario - 1859 - 1250 pages
...information is tried, to find the dfii • guilty, merely on the proof of publication by such defender the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to same in such action, indictment or information ; bnt the d or Judge before whom such trial is had,... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 780 pages
...required or directed by the judge to find the defendant guilty merely on the proof of the publication of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to it in the record. But the statute provides that the judge may give his opinion to the jury respecting... | |
 | Hugo Meyer - 1860 - 308 pages
...may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter in issue upon the indictment or information and shall not be required or directed by the court or judge be1) 9îad) bcr SuCalliaiigabc bei Fowylh а. л. О. ©. 278 f. fore whom it shall be tried to find... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1862 - 660 pages
...give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue upon the indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed by the court or judge to find the defendant guilty, merely on proof of the publication by the defendant of the paper charged... | |
 | Homersham Cox - 1863 - 860 pages
...information, and shall not be required to find a verdict of guilty merely on proof of the publication of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the paper in the information or indictment. The beneficial operation of the Libel Act is perspicuously... | |
 | 1865 - 408 pages
...directed *by the presiding judge to find the defendant guilty merely on proof of the publication by him of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the same in such indictment. It has been contended by some legal authorities that this statute has not made the question of libel... | |
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... the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed, by the court or judge before whom such indictment or... 
